# CVE-2024-7401: Client Enrollment Process Bypass

> Attackers can bypass authentication and impersonate users by exploiting a static token in the Netskope Client enrollment process.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/AU:Y/U:Red`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 23 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcmr-c4gr-768m

## What is CVE-2024-7401?

CVE-2024-7401 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Netskope Client, published on 26 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Netskope was notified about a security gap in Netskope Client enrollment process where NSClient is using a static token “Orgkey” as authentication parameter. Since this is a static token, if leaked, cannot be rotated or revoked. A malicious actor can use this token to enroll NSClient from a customer’s tenant and impersonate a user.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7401?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netskope Netskope.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netskope Client

- [CVE-2020-24576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24576/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-44862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44862/): Sensitive Information store in NSClient logs (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-41388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41388/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-28845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28845/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-12091](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12091/): Netskope client command injections vulnerability (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7401 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7401 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Netskope Client, published on 26 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netskope Client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7401/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7401/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7401
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7401
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7401

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7401/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.